Our Travel Guide Library

Everything we know, written down. Our guides spend their working lives showing the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and Brontë country to visitors from around the world – and this library is where that knowledge lives between tours: one hundred in-depth guides, researched and written by our local team, covering the great lakes and passes, the literary landscapes of Beatrix Potter, William Wordsworth and the Brontë sisters, how to get here and where we will meet you, and the honest practical answers we are asked every week. No filler, no recycled press releases – just the places we drive, walk and talk about daily, with the details checked on the ground and updated when things change. Choose a collection below and start exploring.

The Scenic Lake District

Twenty guides to the landscape itself: every great lake from Windermere to Buttermere, the mountain passes of Kirkstone and Honister, Borrowdale and the Langdales, Castlerigg's ancient stones and the planning essentials – how many lakes there really are, how many days you need, and how to do it all without a car. Highlights include the trick question England loves, the best scenic drives and the season locals keep for themselves.

Beatrix Potter's Lake District

Twenty guides to the woman behind Peter Rabbit – author, scientist, Herdwick farmer and the conservationist who saved great tracts of the Lake District for the nation. Hill Top, Near Sawrey, Hawkshead and Wray Castle, plus her remarkable life story and practical visiting plans. Start with who she really was, or go straight to visiting Hill Top.

Wordsworth's Lake District

Twenty guides to England's great Romantic poet and the country that made him: Dove Cottage and Grasmere, the real daffodils of Ullswater, his sister Dorothy's genius, the hidden French chapter and the current position at Rydal Mount. Begin with the full life story, or the question of the moment: is Rydal Mount open?

Brontë Country

Twenty guides to literature's most extraordinary family and the Yorkshire landscape that shaped them: Haworth and the Parsonage, Top Withens and the moors, the real places behind Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, and the sisters' brief, brilliant lives. Start with who the Brontës were, or the question every reader asks: is Wuthering Heights a real place?

Getting Here & Pickup Points

Twenty guides to reaching the Lake District and joining our tours: the four pickup points explained in detail (with verified long-stay parking at each), the train routes from London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, York and beyond, and the planning wisdom that makes an easy arrival – which station to book to, where to stay, whether you need a car. Start with the master guide for American visitors, or the everyday question: Oxenholme or Windermere station?

From the page to the passenger seat

Every guide in this library describes places we visit: our small-group tours from Windermere and Ambleside cover the scenic Lake District, Beatrix Potter country, Wordsworth country and Brontë country, with a maximum of six or seven guests and local guides doing the storytelling on the ground. Read as much as you like – it is all free, and it will make your visit richer. Then, when you want the places themselves, you know where we are.